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During his descent into hell in 2021, Pierre Ménès disappeared from the comments of the Fifa video game and the courts ordered Electronic Arts to pay him 85,000 euros in compensation.
“ Nice victory ! I won’t let myself be dragged through the mud. Thank you to the French Justice to which reiterates my Respect and my Confidence unlike the Media Court », rejoiced Pierre Ménès on of Channel Football Club in 2021.
The Lyon commercial court thus ordered the French subsidiary of EA to pay 75,000 euros to “Pierrot” for its material and economic losses, as well as 10,000 euros in procedural costs, as revealed by the site The Informed this Tuesday. Pierre Ménès, who pocketed 100,000 euros per Fifa opus to comment on matches in the game alongside Hervé Mathoux, claimed 200,000 euros in material damage and 100,000 euros in moral damage.
After the broadcast of the documentary I’m not a bitch, I’m a journalist directed by Marie Portolano, a sequence cut by the Canal+ journalist evoking a gesture by her colleague Pierre Ménès was revealed by the site Days. The media outcry was immense and those responsible for EA Sports in France quickly decided to remove the voice of the former L’Equipe reporter.
Nice victory !
I won’t let myself be dragged through the mud. Thank you to the French Justice which reiterates my Respect and my Confidence unlike the Media Court.
Thanks also to @Nicorebo @Arash for their excellent work as a lawyer “Pierre Ménès condemns EA…
— Pierre Ménès (@PierreMenes) January 16, 2024
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